Comparison of anthropogenic metal deposition rates with excess soil loading from coal, oil and gas industries in the Usa River Basin, NW Russia

• Autorzy: Walker T R
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Trace metal composition of snowpack, snow-melt filter residues and top-soils were determined along transects through industrial towns in the Usa River Basin: Inta, Usinsk and Vorkuta. Elevated concentrations of deposition elements and pH in snow and soils associated with alkaline coal ash within 25-40 km of Vorkuta and Inta were found. Atmospheric deposition in the vicinity of Vorkuta and Inta, added significantly to the soil contaminant loading as a result of ash fallout. The element concentrations in soils within 20-30 km of Vorkuta do not reflect current deposition rates, but instead, reflect an historical pollution legacy, when coal mining activity peaked in the 1960s. There is little evidence of anthropogenic metal deposition around the gas and oil town of Usinsk.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

comparison; anthropogenic factor; metal deposition; soil loading; coal industry; oil industry; gas industry; Usa River; Usa basin; Russia; Arctic; soil chemistry; snow chemistry; coal combustion; ash fallout

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Polar Research
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: 26
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.299-314,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Walker T R

• University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K.

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